Our president is a liar, and we need to find out how serious his latest lies are. – David Leonhardt [New York Times]

TO UNDERSTAND the gravity of what happened on Monday in the United States you have to put a different person in the chair where FBI Director James Comey sat.

Imagine J. Edgar Hoover giving such public testimony against a sitting president and his campaign, intimating that an investigation into ties to a foreign adversary may take a long time to untangle.

By the time the first mini-break was called for by Comey, Sean Spicer was ready and catapulted himself into the White House briefing room to escalate the cover-up of incompetence and the assault on facts and truth unrivaled since Reagan and Iran-Contra.

Spicer had the gall to float the lie that Michael Flynn was a “volunteer,” and that Paul Manafort had a minor role.

Spicer purposefully misrepresented the facts, otherwise known as a bald-faced lie, about Manafort, who came into the campaign at a moment when everyone, including Democrats, were hoping for an adult in Trump’s romper room of a campaign.

Spicer’s descent into mindnumbing state propaganda felt foreign.

History’s chroniclers have never seen such an episode.

Nixon’s Watergate was a second-rate burglary.

Trump has encouraged his coterie of political mercenaries and the FBI is investigating whether he may have gone much further. We saw him ask Russia to find Secretary Clinton’s emails. We witnessed Michael Flynn’s disgrace when he was forced to admit he was a foreign agent of Turkey while working for Donald Trump. Paul Manafort fled the campaign when his ties to Ukraine became an uncomfortable reality. That was after a strange change was made in the Republican platform that hurt Ukrainian sovereignty.

How ignorant does a man have to be not to know his primary national security adviser has another country’s interests in mind above America’s?

No one should be confused by what all of this means.

Trump is in the White House because voters wanted him there.

As long as he is in office, DJT IS America.

The best spin that can be put on Director Comey’s Trump-Russia investigation bombshell is that Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee performed spectacularly, while Republicans launched an attack on the First Amendment and how reporting works.

Trump’s first 100 days looks like an out of control bonfire.

Resurrections happen in politics all of the time.

Hobbling President Trump would mean a failed agenda that would make Republicans think twice before defending.

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus said Monday night that they are confident they have enough votes to defeat the GOP’s ObamaCare replacement bill unless substantial changes are made. [The Hill]

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YUP. Its so disturbing. Trump though seems to pop back up over and over. BUT FBI looking into you on collusion w foreign power? Very serious. Polls show voters 2-1 want a ind prosector-they know something is wrong here. Dems-espSchiff and Castro were stellar to me. Adults in a room of spineless sellouts. And trumpcare? Even w gerrymandering come on what rep wants go ever go back home after taking away hcr -so I pray

I don’t know how long this investigation will go on but at this point it’s evident that there’s a lot more dirt out there to find. Trump voters don’t care about Russia? That is the most inconceivable thing to me. This is a foreign power who has and is intent on destroying our democracy. Who are the patriots? I think Trump is setting himself up for impeachment. He’s not only a pathological liar but a traitor to our country and the Constitution he swore to up hold. I’m having a hard time getting my head around the whole business. What… Read more »

Which leads me to believe that they are a bunch of ignorant jackasses if they don’t understand that Putin is the enemy and Trump his puppet. Where is the integrity and honor of our elected officials gone?

I don’t know but I have spent a lot of time telling our fellow liberals that you cannot depend on the GOP to save you from the Trump disaster. I would be surprised if they ever voted to remove Trump from office. They have too many brainwashed voters who don’t believe the Russian connection.

Thankfully Democrats understand that the majority of Americans are concerned about a foreign power interfering in our election. Sad to say it wasn’t only the right that got played by Putin but the left also. I’ve seen the horseshoe theory of politics play out in real time this past year. My concern is that the GOP will never do anything about Trump even if it is proven that he colluded with the Russians. Comey trashed his own reputation last year by breaking with DOJ protocol regarding Hillary but apparently he needed to check to follow protocol regarding Trump. That damages… Read more »

Caroline – They may not do anything but, and that’s a big but, they may have to if the majority of Americans start demanding a special prosecutor or independent panel. I remember the reaction to the lie that LBJ got caught up in re Gulf of Tonkin. Had LBJ not taken himself out of the race for a second full term I had decided I would not vote for him, and I was a dedicated Democrat at the time.

“Comey trashed his own reputation last year by breaking with DOJ protocol regarding Hillary but apparently he needed to check to follow protocol regarding Trump. ”
And he was warned by the DOJ regarding Hillary. This time he sought “authorization” to speak publicly. I agree with you that Comey has shown himself to be untrustworthy.

I totally agree with you lynnette, about Comey except for one thing, if Trump fires him because he’s being investigated then guess what, we get someone totally dedicated to Trump. Every single day there is something new that happens. All day I’m back and forth on MSNBC & CNN. I told my husband that DC has to be crazy right now. On Tuesday they will be continuing with Sally Yates, Brennan and I believe they are going to get Flynn but then again that may be the Senate Intel committee meeting on the 30th.

It’s an odd world where the Democrats are saying “None Dare Call it Treason” and core Republican voters are OK with the possibility of Foreign Collusion in an Election. The ’60’s have been flipped and Barry Goldwater is spinning in his grave at about 20,000 RPM.